Year: 2006

Chancellor Gordon Gee will send off Vanderbilt University's class of 2006 during commencement on Friday, May 12, but not before students and their families get to dance to the music of Kool & the Gang on Wednesday, May 10, and hear from First Lady Laura Bush on Thursday, May 11. Read More

The next time you hear a political candidate blast his or her opponent in a negative political advertisement, your natural inclination may be to grab the remote and change the channel. However, Vanderbilt University political scientist John Geer believes attacks ads play a crucial role in the democratic political process, so listen to and evaluate that negative message before heading to the polls. Read More

With the 11th pick in the 2006 National Football League draft, the Denver Broncos selected Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt. Read More

A retired Dallas marketing executive who has provided strategic leadership for the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association and a graduating senior in the School of Engineering are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read More

Nancy Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has been selected as the first recipient of the "Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science." Read More

1999 protests in Seattle against world trade policies were a dividing line in our culture, and humanities educators need to adjust their approaches or risk irrelevancy, say professors from Vanderbilt and Syracuse universities in a provocative new book. Read More

New research attempting to shed light on the evergreen questionójust how do male and female brains differ?óhas found that timing is everything. Read More

Tennessee's Legislature is again seriously considering a repeal of the state's mandatory motorcycle helmet law for adults. Read More

Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake has been named to a distinguished class of scientists, politicians, authors, artists and others, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced April 24. Read More

Eleven Vanderbilt students have been named Fulbright Scholars for 2006-07 and another is an alternate. Read More

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

"Information Infrastructure and Its Orphans", lecture by Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. The lecture focuses on decisions which determine what is captured or represented by search engines and information systems, and, what is left out. Read More

The popular Bluebird on the Mountain concert series returns for its second season at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Vanderbilt Dyer Observatory with a show featuring top singer-songwriters Gary Nicholson and "Big Al" Anderson along with multitalented performer Kenny White. Read More

Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States, will be the keynote speaker at Vanderbilt University's Senior Class Day on Thursday, May 11, at 9 a.m. on Alumni Lawn. Read More

Vanderbilt Medical Center laboratories will be joining the many laboratories across the country that observe and celebrate National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (NMLPW). Read More

An education assessment company founded by Vanderbilt University's Peabody College has been purchased by a major producer of digital video-based learning products. Discovery Education, of Silver Spring, Md., announced the purchase of Nashville-based ThinkLink Learning on April 3. Read More

Two Vanderbilt undergraduates have won prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Read More

Media are invited Friday, April 21, to be among the first to experience a Vanderbilt art exhibit that could "nudge the contemporary art scene in Nashville forward a step or two," according to the Nashville Scene. Read More

A Vanderbilt University doctoral student whose research has examined the relationship between Head Start and its long-term impact on participants' health has been named a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research. Read More

Results of Nationwide Breast Cancer Prevention Trial Show Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene is as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is Only Regional Participant Read More